Articles Tagged Country

Mindy Smith compares performing new music onstage to that of wearing stilettos. “Sometimes you just have to do it,” she told CMT.com during a recent interview, “even though you don’t want to.” For the past…

(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) When it comes to writing fresh songs, Taylor Swift is practically the only…

(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) “We’re not a band on a crusade,” Rascal Flatts‘ Joe Don Rooney told…

(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) This Sunday (July 29), Justin Moore will be doing two of the things…

(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/CMT.com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.) I think it’s good that country music listeners still buy and support albums, even as the overall music audience trend is toward cherry-picking singles…

Mary Chapin Carpenter leads her new album, Ashes Roses, by vividly describing the comings and goings of an international flight — taking off, landing, baggage claim and so on. The song, “Transcendental Reunion,” is catchy…